Show HN: Anonymously Ask a Black Person Anything via SMS

Re:Show HN: Anonymously Ask a Black Person Anything via SMS by pcpolice on Sunday May 31, 2015 @05:46PM (#9635692)

The examples just seem preposterous. Like a sibling post says, "I have a black friend who wants to listen to music. What music do I play to please him?" -- seriously? Would you say that about your friends? What about asking the person in particular, as I'm sure this doesn't generalize to skin color? Or, "Who are your top 5 rappers?" That's making quite an assumption. Or, "I'm having black friends over for dinner, what should I cook?" Like, whatever you normally cook, unless they are e.g. vegetarians or have allergies?

Yeah, in summary, I think the thing that bothers me most is what seems to be gross generalization all over...

Having said all of that, I am not black.

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Re:Show HN: Anonymously Ask a Black Person Anything via SMS by waynesutton on Sunday May 31, 2015 @06:33PM (#9635868)

@pcpolice I certainly understand your point but these are actually questions that people are asking. I mean we don't know who they are, what color, age, etc. But that's what people are asking. I mean look at the twitter feed - https://twitter.com/aablackperson All questions from people

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Re:Show HN: Anonymously Ask a Black Person Anything via SMS by pcpolice on Sunday May 31, 2015 @07:13PM (#9635973)

Fair enough, I guess the main point is that whoever is being asked (you, I presume) is not offended :) At least, I hope you're not (maybe I can get a non-anonymous question in this way :p)?

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Re:Show HN: Anonymously Ask a Black Person Anything via SMS by waynesutton on Monday June 01, 2015 @12:01AM (#9636744)

@pcpolice I've been in the internet/tech space for a long time. Developed a think skin and unfortunately expected some of the not so good sms. I'm good. It's a team of 9 answering questions and yes we're all black :)

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